IMDB Classics Board - 100 Favorite Documentaries

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This list resulted from a poll of movie lovers on the IMDB classics board. It stretches to slightly more than 100 because the UP series has been listed with its individual entries.

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  1. 2.
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    Häxan/Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
    by Benjamin Christensen

  2. 3.
    Nanook of the North (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert J. Flaherty

  3. 4.
    Grass: A Nation's Battle For Life
    by Ernest B. Schoedsack

  4. 5.
    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
    by Walter Ruttmann

  5. 6.
    Man With a Movie Camera
    by Dziga Vertov

  6. 7.
    Land Without Bread (Las hurdes)
    by Luis Bunuel

  7. 8.
    Man of Aran
    by Robert J. Flaherty

  8. 9.
    Triumph of the Will (Special Edition)
    by Leni Riefenstahl

  9. 10.
    Night Mail
    by Basil Wright

  10. 11.
    The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936 documentary short)
    by Pare Lorentz

  11. 12.
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    The Spanish Earth (1937)
    by Joris Ivens

  12. 14.

  13. 15.
    Listen to Britain (1942)
    by Humphrey Jennings

  14. 16.
    Desert Victory
    by British Ministry of Information

  15. 17.
    Kon Tiki
    by Thor Heyerdahl

  16. 18.
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    The Sea Around Us
    by Irwin Allen

  17. 19.
    The Living Desert
    by James Algar

  18. 20.
    Nuit et brouillard
    by Alain Resnais

  19. 21.
    The Mystery of Picasso
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot

  20. 22.
    Jazz On A Summers Day
    by Bert Stern

  21. 23.
    Serengeti Shall Not Die
    by Bernhard Grzimek

  22. 24.
    Point of Order!
    by Emile de Antonio

  23. 25.
    Seven Up!
    by Paul Almond, Michael Apted

  24. 26.
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    The Epic That Never Was (1965)

  25. 27.
    Tokyo Olympiad (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kon Ichikawa

  26. 28.
    The War Game (1965)
    by Peter Watkins

  27. 29.
    Titicut Follies (1967)
    by Frederick Wiseman

  28. 30.
    Monterey Pop (The Criterion Collection)
    by D.A. Pennebaker

  29. 32.
    The Sorrow and the Pity

  30. 33.
    7 Plus Seven
    by Michael Apted

  31. 34.
    Original Cast Album - Company
    by D.A. Pennebaker

  32. 35.
    Woodstock
    by Michael Wadleigh

  33. 36.
    Hearts and Minds (The Criterion Collection)
    by Peter Davis

  34. 37.
    General Idi Amin Dada (The Criterion Collection)
    by Barbet Schroeder

  35. 38.
    Grey Gardens (The Criterion Collection)
    by Albert Maysles

  36. 39.
    Harlan County, U.S.A. (The Criterion Collection)
    by Barbara Kopple

  37. 40.
    21 Up
    by Michael Apted

  38. 41.
    Gates of Heaven
    by Errol Morris

  39. 42.
    The Last Waltz (Special Edition)

  40. 43.
    Best Boy

  41. 44.
    The Who - The Kids Are Alright (Deluxe Edition)
    by Jeff Stein

  42. 45.
    The Day After Trinity
    by Jon Else

  43. 46.
    From Mao to Mozart - Isaac Stern in China
    by Murray Lerner

  44. 48.
    Vernon, Florida
    by Errol Morris

  45. 49.
    Burden of Dreams (The Criterion Collection)
    by Les Blank

  46. 50.
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Created by fish_beauty on Feb 28, 2007.
 

Comments

Repeat? — 2 years ago

67 and 68 appear to be the same film.

But maybe I’m missing something? (I admit that I know nothing about that particular film so that’s why I commented without changing it myself)




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